ANYA HINDMARCH news and archive

University of the Arts London appoints fashion and creative leaders as ambassadors

University of the Arts London (UAL) has announced the appointment of ten new high-profile ambassadors from the fashion and creative industries. The lineup includes renowned names such as accessories designer Anya Hindmarch and artist Es Devlin, who will leverage their expertise and networks to support UAL's mission of nurturing the next...

Business

Anya Hindmarch posts sales and profit growth

A.S.H.S. Limited operating under the trading name Anya Hindmarch reported sales at 24.1 million pounds, up 18 percent for the full year. Gross profit for the year under review increased by 20 percent to 14.5 million pounds, EBITDA reached 0.1 million pounds versus loss of 0.7 million pounds in the previous year, while operating loss contracted...

People

Coach’s Stuart Vevers and Anya Hindmarch named on King’s Birthday Honours List

Fashion industry veterans Stuart Vevers and Anya Hindmarch have been selected for King Charles III’s Birthday Honours List for this year. Hindmarch, a celebrated designer who has emphasised the importance of circular fashion in many of her collections and projects, was made Dame of the Order of the British Empire, an accolade recognising her...

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Uniqlo unveils collaboration with Anya Hindmarch

Fashion retailer Uniqlo has unveiled an upcoming collaboration with Anya Hindmarch featuring the British designer’s popular eye motif. The Uniqlo x Anya Hindmarch collaboration launches on November 23 and will feature a collection of Uniqlo essentials “with artful details infused with craftsmanship”. The collection includes pieces for women and...

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Sustainability starts with common sense, British designer Anya Hindmarch takes a regenerative approach

“For me, it starts with two words: common sense,” said British designer Anya Hindmarch during a presentation at Shoptalk Europe on how to achieve lasting sustainability. The retail show, which is currently taking place from June 6 to 8 in London, sees over 3,000 experts from the industry come together to share insights through exhibits and panel...

RetailFeatured

Anya Hindmarch partners with supermarkets on recycled shopping bag

British accessories designer Anya Hindmarch is teaming up with Sainsbury’s and Waitrose to launch a durable and reusable shopping bag that is made from 100 percent recycled material. The circular “universal bag” is a project to inspire further change in consumer behaviour and to reduce the reliance on single-use plastic bags. While sales have...

Fashion

Anya Hindmarch launches collection of biodegradable leather bags

British designer Anya Hindmarch is launching a collection of biodegradable leather bags. After two years of research and development the London-based brand will debut the range in a bid to create pieces that are naturally biodegradable instead of recirculating items stopped from going into landfill. Hindmarch told the Business of Fashion: “We...

Retail

Anya Hindmarch to donate all Black Friday profits

Anya Hindmarch has joined the roster of brands boycotting Black Friday this year, and has instead announced another initiative. The luxury handbag brand will donate all profits made during the busy shopping event to charity. All of the brand's profits made from sale between November 27 and November 29 will be donated to the charity Voice For...

Fashion

Anya Hindmarch continues consumer focused LFW

London - Another London Fashion Week, another Anya Hindmarch installation, there has been chubby hearts, a chubby bean bag cloud, and a giant woven tunnel, and for this season, it will be an immersive postbox maze inside Brewer Street Car Park. While other brands are focused on showcasing collections with traditional catwalk shows and...

BusinessFeatured

Retailers lack contingency plan for Brexit as majority votes to remain

London - As Britons across the country flock to cast their vote today for the EU referendum and each side makes their final pleas, retailers still lack a solid plan in the event of a Brexit. A photo posted by Wolfgang Tillmans (@wolfgang_tillmans) on Jun 20, 2016 at 8:49am PDT Previous research from e-commerce Global-E indicated that six in ten...

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Accessories take centre stage at London Fashion Week

London - When you think fashion week, do you think accessories or the clothes? Well, for autumn/winter 2016 at London Fashion Week it seems that luxury accessories labels including Anya Hindmarch, Mulberry, Hill and Friends, Aspinal of London and Charlotte Olympia, who made her fashion week debut, are putting accessories and handbags in the...

Fashion |IN DEPTH Featured

Net-A-Porter and the start of luxury fashion e-commerce

Buying clothes online has become such common practice today that it is hard to imagine that this was not always the case. The internet, which started to gain popularity in the late nineties, hit rock-bottom in 2000 when the dotcom-bubble burst. The endless optimism for the future of the new medium suddenly changed into distrust, which in turn...